Mark Alwin Clements
Australian botanist and orchidologist
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Mark Alwin Clements (b. 1949) is an Australian botanist and orchidologist. He obtained his doctorate at the Australian National University[1] defending his thesis Reproductive Biology in Relation to Phylogeny of the Orchidaceae, Especially the Tribe Diurideae.[2]
Dr. Mark Alwin Clements | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | M.A.Clem. |
In 2008, Clements was a researcher at the Center for Research on Plant Biodiversity at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.[3] As of January 2012, it had identified and classified 1,992 new species.
Publications
- Weston, P.H.; Clements, M.A.; Dyer, A.G.; Batley, M; Whelan, R.J.; Indsto, J.O. (2007). "Generalised pollination of Diuris alba (Orchidaceae) by small bees and wasps". Australian Journal of Botany. 55: 628.
- Indsto, JO; Weston PH; Clements MA; Dyer AG; Batley M; Whelan RJ. 2006. Pollination of Diuris maculata (Orchidaceae) by male Trichocolletes venustus bees. Australian Journal of Botany 54 (7): 669
- MA Clements. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic systematics in Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae). Aliso 22: 465—480
- Indsto, JO; PH Weston; MA Clements; RJ Whelan. 2005. Highly sensitive DNA fingerprinting of orchid pollinaria remnants using AFLP. Australian Systematic Botany 18 (3): 207 - 213
- MA Clements. 2003. Molecular phylogenetic systematics in the Dendrobiinae (Orchidaceae), with emphasis on Dendrobium section Pedilonum Archived 29 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Telopea 10: 247—298
- Jones, DL; MA Clement. 2002. A Review of Pterestylis (orchidaceae). Ed. Australian Orchid Foundation. ISBN 0-642-54904-4
Honours
- (Orchidaceae) Flickingeria clementsii D.L.Jones[4]
- (Orchidaceae) Microtatorchis clementsii D.L.Jones and B.Gray[5]